{"id":228805,"date":"2026-06-26T14:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/228805\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:24:12","slug":"come-together-at-the-speed-of-need-united-way-teams-up-with-local-partners-to-help-families-affected-by-6-alarm-allentown-fire-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/228805\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Come together at the speed of need\u2019: United Way teams up with local partners to help families affected by 6-alarm Allentown fire | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; Local organizations are partnering up to financially help out families affected by the six-alarm fire at the former American Atelier furniture factory.<\/p>\n<p>The fire broke around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday at the building on North Front Street and was brought under control Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley said it and local partners launched an emergency relief fund to support households impacted by the fire and help address immediate recovery needs.<\/p>\n<p>Donations can be made online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedwayglv.org\/donate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.unitedwayglv.org\/donate<\/a> (select \u201cFire Fund\u201d) or via mail (checks payable to UWGLV, 1110 American Parkway NE, Suite F-120, Allentown, PA 18109 \u2013 attention \u201cAllentown Fire Fund\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Gift card donations are also encouraged, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The American Red Cross Pennsylvania Rivers Chapter provided relief to the impacted residents in the immediate aftermath of the fire, including shelter, food, and emergency supplies, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">United Way said it will work with the City of Allentown and Catholic Charities Diocese of Allentown to provide long-term assistance, with 100% of funds going to aid those affected by this disaster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The organization says seven households were affected. One firefighter was injured. No civilians were injured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIn moments like this, families can lose stability and certainty in an instant,\u201d said Marci Lesko, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe come together at the speed of need when neighbors face unexpected hardship, and our community has shown that time and again. This fund will provide immediate support to affected households and help ensure people have access to the resources they need as they begin to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; Local organizations are partnering up to financially help out families affected by the six-alarm fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4137,33742,153,155,154,57603,99090,14908,176],"class_list":["post-228805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-allentown-fire","tag-american-red-cross","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-disaster-recovery","tag-emergency-relief-fund","tag-greater-lehigh-valley","tag-united-way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}